For the Rockets, who are part of West Group A in the Western Conference, their slate began with a home game on Friday, Nov. 15, versus the Los Angeles Clippers. Houston's complete 2024 NBA Cup schedule is as follows: Friday, Nov. 15: Rockets vs. Los Angeles Clippers (home) Friday, Nov. 22: Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers (home) Tuesday, Nov. 26: Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves (road) Tuesday, Dec. 3: Rockets at Sacramento Kings (road) Among five Group A teams (Timberwolves, Clippers, Kings, Rockets, Trail Blazers), the club with the best tournament record after four group-stage games advances to the quarterfinals alongside the winners of two other five-team Western Conference groups. Point differential is the first tiebreaker. Beyond group winners, one wild-card team — sorted by record among second-place group finishers and subsequently tiebreakers — will also advance. Those three group-stage winners and one wild-card team will be the four competing in the West's knockout round, which will take place in the second week of December. With the exception of the championship game, all in-season tournament games also count toward the league’s 2024-25 regular-season standings. For teams who do not advance to the eight-team quarterfinals, two additional games will be scheduled at a later date versus other teams from the same conference who do not advance.
i hope the lakers win it again. the first father-son duo winning the nba world cup. a record that will never be broken.
Are you writing articles for some websites? This post, along with https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/when-should-the-rockets-swing-a-deal.324638/, seems too formal for a forum post. Not that I’m complaining. Just very curious
They'll go for it for sure, because they aren't getting anywhere in the playoffs. And I think they will get a not so subtle nudge from the refs to help them do it.
lol that would be hilarious if this just becomes the lakers constilation prize every year and they add it to the title count.
It's unlikely that they do much in the playoffs anyways, and with this cup being sponsored by Emirates, there's no one better for worldwide promotion than LBJ, especially with the Bronny angle in there. To move on to the Rockets. Our group looks more winnable than initially thought. The Wolves are somehow struggling, the Clippers are not nearly as dangerous as last year, the Kings also aren't as big as a threat they used to be. Portland has big spoiler potential, they're young but talented and can get surprise wins like they did against Minny. It will be interesting to watch. I'm rooting for us to advance to the knockout rounds, and to have an early test of the team in somewhat more intense games.
I felt last year the refs leaned heavy to keep us out because we already played the lakers too many times to play them again the the tournament but I’m bias. I think it would probably be better for the nba for a more random team to win it but it will probably be okc vs cavs in the final.
Nah he's just copy-pasting stuff: https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/st...ckets-begin-play-in-west-group-a/76331134007/
Rockets have a legit chance to win their group. T-Wolves just got swept in a two-games in Portland and haven't figured things out yet.
